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Lakeview Centennial starts is off in finals competition. The music side of this show is really strong. Moonlight Sonata is definitely one of my favorite ballads here today.

Class caption awards: 5A: Music - Lovejoy; Visual - Lovejoy 6A: Music - Sachse; Visual - Summit

Finals Schedule 6:45 - Lakeview Centennial 7:00 - McKinney North 7:15 - Independence 7:30 - Frisco Centennial 7:45 - Sherman 8:00 - Lakehiglands 8:15 - Lebanon Trail 8:45 - Lake Ridge 9:00 - Sachse 9:15 - Duncanville 9:30 - Lovejoy 9:45 - Summit

Duncanville - “Porgy and Bess”: Duncanville is Duncanville. Great music and strong visual performance. Most likely your champions tonight.

Lake Ridge - “Of Land, Of Sea, Of Sky”: Much better performance than the prelims one I saw last week. Love the music program for them this year.

Sachse - “Matryoshka”: incredible performance. Loved the music and very well done visually. Also a big fan of the slight uniform color change halfway through.

Lake Highlands - “SOL”: Definitely the show with the most interesting design choices. Drumline in the backfield pit for the first three minutes or so. Executed extremely well musically and visually.

Summit - “The Last Ones”: trying time our bias aside (graduated 2012), it’s hard not to love how far this group has come in the years since. Felt like the best musical performance of the day so far. Interested to see where they land today.

Lovejoy - “Juliet”: For once the story has a happy ending. Best overall performance of the day so far. Just great all around. Love this show.

Lakeview Centennial - “Technicolor Clavier”: Loved Moonlight Sonata as the ballad. Another strong visual performance as well.

McKinney North - “Life without Strings”: possibly the best visual performance of the day so far. Lot of really good musical moments in the second and third moments too. Great soloists.

Also, for those interested, Richardson isn’t here from the schedule above and we started at 1.

Sherman - “Spring Eternal”: some really good moments musically, especially in the woodwinds. Might my favorite ballad so far today.

Independence - “Ritual”: Another new-ish Frisco school with a really good performance. Some really strong musical moments, especially in the ballad.

Lebanon Trail - “Rain”: Would not know that’s a group in its fourth year. Fantastic sound and great visual run as well. Really enjoyed that performance.

Frisco Centennial - “Rite of Passage”: Really nice sound and strong visual performance. Loved the tuba solo in the middle. Don’t see that everyday. Great color from the guard silks in the ballad.